One of life’s greatest challenges is educating our children for an unknown future. Historically, people expected the future to be much like the past. This predictability is long past. How can we cope and responsibly prepare our youth for the unknown? It’s helpful to understand economic forces and anticipate opportunities. We can learn from Montana’s […]

Here’s a key to understanding national politics. Politicians are rewarded when they advance policies with immediate benefits and distant costs. Under current arrangements, oil exploration and development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) fails this test. Yet, last week a page one feature in the Wall Street Journal, “Influence Market”, lead with the statement […]